i am the first and the last
i am the honored one and the scorned one
i am the whore and the holy one
i am the wife and the virgin
i am the mother and the daughter
i am the members of my mother
i am the barren one and many are her sons
i am she whose wedding is great and i have not taken a husband
i am the midwife and she who does not bear
i am the solace of my labor pains
i am the bride and the bridegroom and it is my husband who begot me
i am the mother of my father and the sister of my husband and he is my offspring
i am the slave of him who prepared me
i am the ruler of my offspring
but he is the one who begot me before the time on a birthday
and he is my offspring in due time and my power is from him
i am the staff of his power in his youth and he is the rod of my old age
and whatever he wills happens to me
i am the silence that is incomprehensible and the idea
whose remembrance is frequent
i am the voice whose sound is manifold and the word whose appearance is multiple

for i am knowledge and ignorance
i am shame and boldness
i am shameless i am ashamed
i am strength and i am fear
i am war